Anchor plate



Dec. 9, 1924. mlz

W. H. CLARK- ANCHOR PLATL` Filed June 4, 1924 Patented Bee.. 9, 1924.

UNlTED STATES ranma WILLIAM H. CLARK, OF JULETTE, GEORGIA.

ANCHOR PLATE.

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To all tv/wm t mii/. Q/ Concern.'

Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM H. CLARK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Juliette, in the county of Monroe and State of Georgia, haveinvented a new and useful Anchor Plate, of which the following is aspecification.

rlhis invention aims to provide novel means for holding together theends of a pair of railroad rails.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

Although a preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown, amechanic may make alterations, within the scope of what is claimed,without departing from the spirit of the invention.

1n the drawing z--Figure 1 is a side elevation wherein parts are brokenaway and sectioned; and Figures 2 and 3 are sections taken,respectively, on the lines 2-2 and 3-3 of Figure 1.

The numeral 1 marks a base plate adapted to be mounted on a. tie 2 andprovided with an overhanging rib 8 having recesses 4 and provided withtransverse openings 5, the plate having an overhanging rib 6, of lessheight than the rib 3, the rib carrying an upstanding flange 7 providedwith notches or openings 8 in its upper edge. The device includes aninverted U-shaped anchorl 9 comV prising a body 10 having a dependinginner lip 11 and a depending Outer lip 12, the lip 12 being longer thanthe lip 11, there being alined transverse 'openings 14 in the lips 12and 11, and the body 10 of the anchor being provided in its lowersurface with a notch or opening 15, cooperating with the notch oropening 8 of the ange 7 and alined with the openings 14.

The ends of a pair of rails are shown, the

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flanges 16 of the rails being engaged beneath the ribs 3 and 6, the web17 of the rail being engaged at one side by the vertical surface of therib 3, the rib 3 engaging beneath the ball 18 of the rail. The anchor 9is slid endwise into place, the flange 7 of the base plate 1 beingreceived between the lips 10 and 11 of the anchor 9, the inner edge ofthe body 10 of the anchor engaging beneath the ball 18 of the rail, andthe inner vertical surface of the lip 11 engaging the web 17 of therail. Securing devices 19, such as bolts, pass through the openings 5 ofthe rib 3. through the web 17 of the rail, through the openings 14 ofthe lips 11 and 12 of the anchor 9 and through the cooperating seats ornotches 8 and 15 of the parts 7 and 10, respectively, the ends of therails being held securely in place, a strong and efficient means forconnecting the ends of the rails being provided.

I claim 1. 1n a device of the class described, a base plate providedwith overhanging ribs, one rib having an upstanding flange, an anchorcomprising a body and depending lips, the flange being received betweenthe lips, and a securing device mounted in the other rib and engagedwith both lips and with the flange.

2. .A device of the class described, constructed as set forth in claim1, and further characterized by the fact that the upper edge of theflange and the lower surface of the body are provided with cooperatingnotches receiving the securing device.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own, 1 have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

VVLLAM H. CLARK. Witnesses J. D. LANE, Sr., F. G. POUND.

